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"Thinking/dreams/flashbacks and ... other things that I'm not sure but you'll get it when you read it, hehhe..."
Summary: Syaoran, is the gang leader of the Shadows, Sakura is the cold heart girl who is misunderstood and searching for a place to belong, they meet under the weirdest circumstances, but what will happen when these two meet?
A Place to Belong
Last chapter
Sakura started to head towards the door and with one last glance at her friend she entered. The room was dark and barely anything was visible.
"Sakura..."
Hearing a voice behind her she turned around to find someone that she never thought that she would see here.
Chapter 7
Oh my God, what the hell is he doing here? He wasn't supposed to be here, no, no he can't be, I-I mean, it's been over 10 years. Sakura shook her head furiously, trying to get that idea out of her head.
"Sakura? You ok?"
"No! Get away from me! You can't be here; you're not supposed to be here! Get away!" Sakura's body slowly dropped to the floor, her body shaking while she covered her head with her arms, still trying to get the idea out of her mind.
Slowly, tears started coming out, no matter how much she wanted them to stay in, they wouldn't.
"Sakura, it's ok, it's just me.'" Syaoran looked at Sakura with worry in his eyes. Sakura…what's gotten into you?
As Syaoran slowly approached her, he heard her whisper these words, "No, this isn't happening, this is just a dream, he really isn't here, he can't be," over and over again.
He slowly sat down beside her and wrapped his arms around her. He started whispering comforting words into her ear. As time passed, her body started to calm down and her tears dried up. Looking up from her position, she saw that she was in Syaoran's arms and blushed. Too ashamed to look at him, she kept her head down.
"Thank you."
He was about to reply to her when she continued.
"No one's really done that for me ever since,..since…" Tears started to fall down her pale cheeks. She buried her head in his chest and started crying again. Syaoran just started rubbing her back, rocking her back and forth
"I-I'm sorry, I usually don't cry like this… I usually don't cry at all." She looks at him for a while, her eyes boring into his, until she smiled at him.
"Thanks again."
Outside the room
Tomoyo was looking at the door nervously. She was scared for her friend. When she went in there, she was told that her friend would have a different test than herself, so she wouldn't know what her friend was facing. Please be alright…Sakura-chan.
Back in the room
"It happened 10 years ago..." Syaoran looked to see Sakura staring at the floor while saying this, he was guessing that she was telling him the reason why she reacted the way she did a while back.
"It was just like any normal day, my brother was out for soccer practice and my father was teaching one of his classes... I was just left with my mother that day.
Flash back
"I'm home!" a little Sakura screamed entering the house.
"Welcome home Sakura-chan"
Seeing her mother, she instantly ran to her and hugged her. Her mother immediately hugged her back and lifted her in her arms.
"Now what did you learn at school today Sakura-chan?" Nadeshiko asked with a smile on her face.
"I learned how to add 5 and 7 oka-san…mou…it was hard though. It took me… this long to figure it out." At this she showed her 8 fingers while a smile was on her face.
"I'm proud of you Sakura-chan, now why don't you go play at Tomoyo-chan's and I'll come pick you up when its dinner time."
"Hai!" Setting Sakura down, she headed off to the kitchen. Sakura ran straight for the phone and dialed her friend's number.
"Daidouji residence, Tomoyo Speaking."
"Tomoyo-chan, guess what?"
"What is it Sakura-chan?"
"Oka-san let me come over to your house today!"
"WAIII!"
"Ano….is it alright if I come over?"
"Hai, let me just ask my oka-san"
Footsteps were heard and a couple of seconds later she heard the phone being picked up.
"Oka-san said it was ok, do you want me to come pick you up?"
"No, it's ok Tomoyo-chan I'll walk over. See you soon."
"Hai, Ja ne."
"Ja ne."
Hanging up the phone she ran to her room to change from her school uniform. She came out with a white skirt and a cute little blue t-shirt.
"I'm going now Oka-san!"
"Hai, be careful Sakura-chan!"
"Hai!"
Sakura was coming home from playing with her friend all day. She had a bright smile on her face while swinging her legs back and forth. Her mother was next to her in the car, driving them home. When they got in the drive way, Sakura saw that her brother and father were home. Jumping up and down in her seat she waited for her mother to stop the car. When she heard the engine stop, she immediately ran out of the car and headed in to the house leaving behind her amused mother.
Entering the house, she screamed," Oto-san! Oni-chan!"
"Oi, kaIiju! Keep it down; the whole world must have heard you."
Infuriated she replied," SAKURA NO KAIIJU!
"What ever you say..kaiiju."
"ONII-CHAN!"
Coming into the kitchen with her mother, she saw that dinner was all ready and immediately sat down.
"Itadakimas!"
After eating, everyone went to bed. It was late in the night and Sakura was in bed thrashing around, unable to sleep. Getting up, she was about to head for the kitchen when all for a sudden she heard a crash. Scared, she headed downstairs to see what it was. When she peeked to see who it was, she saw a dark figure with dark black eyes, unconsciously she shivered. She was about to head upstairs to tell her parents when all of a sudden something grabbed her from behind. She was about to scream, but stopped when she heard a familiar voice.
"Don't scream kaijuu." Touya whispered.
"Oni-chan" She tightly held onto her brother, as tears started to role down her cheeks.
"I'm scared oni-chan,"
"Don't worry kaiju, it'll be alright, oka-san and oto-san are awake, they'll take care of everything."
"Hai…and oni-chan?"
"Hai?"
"Sakura no kaiju."
Smiling he held his sister closely and went upstairs as his parents instructed. As he headed for his room, he passed his parents, who gave him a letter and told him to keep it safe and make sure to take care of his sister. With a nod he left, fearing for his parents' well being.
As he opened the door, he could see that his sister was asleep. Not wanting to disturb her he set her down on the bed and left to go help his parents. When Sakura woke up, she saw that her brother was gone and that she had been sleeping for about 5 minutes. As she headed down the stairs, she could hear some one arguing with her parents.
"Where is it!"
"We told you, we don't have it, now leave before I call the police!" Fujitaka said with an angered voice.
"I know you have it, don't lie to me! Hand it over now!"
"Like my husband said, we don't have it, now please leave immediately." Nadeshiko asked with a tinge of fear in her voice.
"I wasn't talking to you woman!" and with that he got his gun and shot her, but before she was shot, Fujitaka intercepted the bullet and took it for himself.
"No! Fujitaka!" Nadeshiko ran up to her husband and held him close to her, tears falling from her eyes, wishing that he would be alright, that he wouldn't die and leave her and their two children.
"Please don't leave me, I need you, the children need you, the whole family needs you." She said but the last part in a whisper.
Smiling, he lifted his hand towards her face and wiped away some tears." Take care of the children Nadeshiko, tell them that I love them."
"I love you Fujitaka."
"and I love you, always and foreve-" and with that he died.
"Aww, isn't that sweet, now like I was saying, where is it. Tell me unless you want to end up like your husband down there."
With pure anger in her eyes, she said," Never! Fujitaka protected it with his life and I will not let that be in vain!"
"Too bad, you could have saved a couple of deaths, but if you want it that way." And with that he shot her.
"Stupid idiots, now this makes my job harder." And the figure started to search the living room.
Sakura was silently crying, she just witnessed her father and mother's deaths, and she couldn't do anything about it. She just couldn't believe it; they were gone, really gone. How could they leave her? Her brother? Whipping away her tears she went to go find Touya to make sure he was safe.
As she looked back into the kitchen, she saw her brother next to her parents, crying? He never cried, well not in front of her anyways. She slowly approached her brother and gave him a hug.
"They're really gone huh oni-chan?"
Surprised, he instantly turned around, facing a tear stained Sakura with a sad smile on her face.
"Sakura what are you doing here? You're supposed to be in bed."
"I couldn't sleep and I wanted to know where you were."
"Touya…"
Looking to their right, they saw their mother with a weak smile on her face, cringing from the pain.
"Oka-san!"
He scrambled over to his mother, wanting to know what she wanted to say to him and wanting to see if she was alright.
"Touya, I want you to take care of your sister, and make sure that they don't get that envelope, what ever you do, do not hand it over to him."
"Sakura-chan, make sure to take care of your brother ok? I want you to look out for each other and remember your father and I will always love you."
"Hai, we love you too oka-san." And with that, she and her brother saw their mother die.
Wiping away his tears, Touya stood up and grabbed Sakura and started walking towards the door.
"C'mon Sakura, lets go."
"B-but we can't leave oka-san and oto-san here."
"We have to."
Looking back at her parents, she silently prayed that they would have a peaceful rest in heaven and left to follow her brother.
The two were running from the house, trying to put a good distance between themselves and that…that man. Behind them, they could hear shouts and a door slam. There was someone chasing them and they knew who it was. Worried that he might harm him sister, Touya sped up, dragging his sister behind. He was still holding the envelope with him, his father told him to never give it to that man, and with what he just did, he never would, and if he ever harmed his little sister, well he'd have to face the wrath of Kinomoto Touya.
The man was just a couple of yards away from them, Touya knew that he would catch up to them, but he still had to protect his sister. Taking a sharp turn, he led her into a small alley that would fit her and gave her the envelope.
"Sakura, I want you to stay here and make sure that no one takes that envelope from you. I'm going to try to lead that guy away from you, so after that man passes you, I want you to run and never turn back."
Looking at her brother with sad, teary eyes she asked," B-but what if I never see you again oni-chan...(sniff sniff) I-I don't want you to go away like oka-san and oto-san did...don't leave me oni-chan, please" She started crying, and not being able to see his baby sister cry, he gave her a hug.
"Don't worry kaiju, I'll come back, don't you worry about it, and even if I don't I'll always be with you in spirit." He whispered into her hair.
Hearing footsteps coming, he let go of his sister, and turned to look at his imoto, and gave a weak smile before he said," I love you Kaiju" and with that he left.
Looking at the place where her brother was, she whispered," I love you too oni-chan."
"Aww, c'mon old man, can't even catch up to a little kid? What kind of man are you?" Touya teased.
"How dare you! Once I get my hands on you I'll make sure that you pay you little runt!"
"Uh huh, sure old man, if you can actually catch up to me." With that, Touya sped up. I guess those soccer practices were good for something.
Sakura was worried, she knew her brother said to run once that man went away, but she just couldn't leave her brother behind. No matter how annoying he can be sometimes, she still loved him and he was still her oni-chan.
She started running in the direction her brother took off in. Please let oni-chan be alright.
Touya was getting tired, but he couldn't give up, he had to lead that man way from his sister. If she got hurt, he didn't know what he'd do. Touya could see that the man was getting tired as well, physically and emotionally. His patience was running thin. He knew what was going to happen next, but he just didn't want to think about it.
He started slowing down, but he couldn't give up, he had to keep going. He needed to put enough distance from his sister from that man.
"Dam that brat; this is wasting too much time. I have to end this soon." With that the man got his gun and shot the boy in the leg.
Touya felt the bullet enter his leg and immediately fell. He was cringing from the pain and the amount of blood that was coming out from the wound. The man was right in front of him; he had a murderous look in his eyes.
"Where is it kid."
"I don't know what you're talking about."
"Don't play around with me, where is it!" He slapped Touya with the gun.
Touya was slowly lifting himself off the ground and came face to face with the man.
Growling he replied," I have no idea what you're talking about, so stop bothering me."
"You think I'm a fool! Give it to me! Now!" With that he pushed him back to the floor and aimed his gun at him.
"I'm giving you one last shot kid, where is it!"
"I'm never telling you! You hear me! Never!"
Sakura was almost there, she could see her brother on the floor and a man looking over him. She was glad that he didn't hurt him, well she hoped. As she neared she heard her brother say, "I'm never telling you! You hear me! Never!"
After that she heard a gun shot. The world was silent. No sound was made; she slowly saw her brother drop to the floor and the man leaving dropping the gun next to him. When she was sure that he was gone, she ran up to her brother crying her eyes out. She hugged her brother's body close to hers. Why, why did they all have to die? What did they do? She didn't do anything wrong did she? All these thoughts were running through her head as she kept crying.
Looking at her brother, she realized something. She slowly let go of him and made a vow.
"I'm going to be strong oni-chan, I'm not going to give up, you guys were the only people I ever loved and I'm going to keep it that way. I'll never love or care for anyone again. To protect the people around me, to make sure that they're safe, and so that I wont get hurt." She whispered to her brother with a smile on her face, which would be the only one for a long time.
End of Flashback
"And that was basically the last time I ever saw them except for the funeral. That man, I'll never forget him, he killed my whole family, and right in front of me. I swore that I'd get revenge on him that he would die by my hands; he killed my life, my childhood, my innocents, my family, and most of all, me."
Syaoran just sat next to her with his eyes wide and mouth open. How… how can she… I mean she was… no wonder she's like this… I shouldn't be acting like this, I'm supposed to be strong and show no emotions, and besides she has yet to take the test… but still I don't want her to get hurt more than she has, I-I have this feeling that I have to help her, protect her, be with her, make sure that I beat the living crap out of anyone that hurts her. (Sigh) This is getting me no where, we'll just do the test and get it over with, well it's now or never.
"Kinomoto."
"What happened to Sakura? Hmm? Back to formalities I see."
"I-I"
"It's alright, calling me Sakura, I don't mind, but you tell anyone that I cried and became all… this in front of you and I'll take it back and beat the shit out of you got it?"
"Yes ma'm"," Oh yea, call me Syaoran, and if you don't mind I think it's about time you take the test hmm? I mean if the great and powerful hippo would allow it." Syaoran replied with a smirk.
"You got that ri-I AM NOT A HIPPO LI SYAORAN!"
Outside the door
It's been an hour since Sakura went in to the room, and Tomoyo was getting nervous, what if she was in trouble? What if she got hurt? She wouldn't know what she'd do. Then all of a sudden she head…
"I AM NOT A HIPPO LI SYAORAN!"
Snickering could be heard in the background and some stifled laughs. Tomoyo had a small smirk on her face. This might get interesting, hmm... If things get interesting that means special occasions, and when it's a special occasion...ohohohohohoho... I can't wait to get this on film.
Back in the room
Sakura had a thin blade in her hand circling Syaoran, her eyes full of concentration, waiting for the perfect moment to strike Syaoran, who too had a blade in his hand, but eyes close and in a relaxed and alert state. Before, Syaoran had explained that the test was to fight him and put at least one scratch on him, that meant actual blood was to be spilt, but slightly. He saw that Sakura wasn't going to take it seriously, so he changed the test, if she could beat him in a duel then she would pass or at least give a serious injury if she couldn't beat him, but if he beat her then she would fail.
Syaoran had a long blade with Chinese symbols in the blade and the blackish green hilt. At the end of the hilt was a golden dragon with the Li family crest on its forehead. And his Chinese name on its entire body. Sakura was similar except hers was blue and had another family name on it.
Sakura was still circling him, until she finally saw him weaken in his defense and attacked. She immediately aimed to strike him in the shoulder but quickly directed her aim to his torso, but was surprised when a sword was in her way. Looking up she saw a smirk on her opponent, which enraged her even more than she was at the moment and jumped back to prepare for another attack. Syaoran immediately went for the attack slashing diagonally, but was blocked by Sakura, who had the same smirk that he was wearing a few moments ago. Growling he drew his sword back and aimed for her legs, but Sakura saw this coming and dodged. Doing a back flip in the air, she landed gracefully behind him and was about to strike when unexpectedly she was pushed back by a great force and got the wind knocked out of her. Quickly doing a front flip, she landed back on the floor in ready position and ran in for the attack.
Syaoran saw her coming and knew what she was going to do, but felt slightly disappointed because he expected more from her, shrugging; he prepared to end this, quick and painless, well for him anyways. Sakura's blade was aiming for his shoulder and was about to swing at it but quickly turned ninety degrees and elbowed him in the chest. He stumbled a bit went right back and aimed for her head. Both their swords were crossed above their head, neither giving in. They were both staring into each others eyes, seeing the same fire and determination in themselves. Swinging the swords to the right, they both jumped back and started to breathe heavily. Seeing this as an advantage, Sakura ran straight at him with her sword held high above her head ready for what was to come.
(A/N: wow my first interrupt, ok people I'm not good at writing fights, especially since I know nothing about sword fighting so I'll just skip it and get to the end XP)
Sakura dodged Syaoran's blow easily and ended behind him, and before he knew it, her cold blade was at his throat, her behind him breathing heavily, her body only a centimeter away from his and feeling her body heat mix with his.
Turning around, Syaoran saw Sakura with a smirk on her face with her eyes twinkling. Whispering she said in an out of breath voice," I win." And dropped the sword and turned around.
Syaoran just stood there in the middle of the room, staring at her retreating back. Dam, that voice was ho- no can't think that, but how did she get so good at fighting? Gotta remember to ask her that the next time…and… did I just get beat by a girl?
Outside the room
Tomoyo was getting really worried now; I mean they've been in there for FOUR HOURS! What if he did something to her? What if her hurt her? Oh my gosh! What if he raped her! No! Cant think that, must think happy thoughts, must think happy thoughts.
As Tomoyo was ranting in her mind about happy thoughts, Sakura slowly came out of the room. Hearing something, Tomoyo lifted her head and saw her friend with sweat all over her body and an emotionless face. Running up to her friend, she hugged her, not caring if she was covered in sweat and thanked God that her friend was alright. Releasing her, Tomoyo saw that Sakura had a couple of bruises and cuts.
"Oh my gosh! Sakura are you ok? He didn't do anything to you did he?"
"No he didn't Tomo-wait… how do you know it's a guy? Who told yo-"
"KINOMOTO SAKURA NEVER SCARE ME LIKE THAT AGAIN! I ALMOST HAD A HEART ATTACK! DO YOU KNOW WHAT COULD HAVE HAPPENED IF I HAD A HEART ATTACK! I COULD'VE DIED! THAT'S RIGHT! I COULD HAVE DIED! D-I-E-D! DIED! YOU ALMOST KILLED YOUR FRIEND!
"By staying in a room for four hours?" Sakura asked with a raised eyebrow.
"YES! I WAS SO WORRIED! I THOUGHT SOMETHING BAD HAPPENED TO YOU, I THOUGHT HE HURT YOU, I EVEN THOUGHT HE RAP-"
"TOMOYO!"
"Yes?" Tomoyo asked with an innocent face.
"NO MORE SHOUTING IM GOING DEATH!"
"But Sakura dear, you're the one that is shouting."
"AND YOU KNOW WHY!"
"Um...oh I got it, you're pmsing. Yup that's it." She said while nodding her head.
"Tomoy...run"
"Ehehehe…um…Sakura you know I was joking right? I mean we are best friends and all" Tomoyo replied in a nervous voice.
"5"
Tomoyo slowly started to back away slowly.
"4"
She slowly started turning around making sure that Sakura was following her.
"3"
She started walking away, thinking that she was not serious.
"2"
She started jogging, when she saw the murderous look in her eyes.
"1"
She ran a little faster scared of her life, heading towards the door.
"0"
"GET YOUR ASS BACK HERE TOMOYO! YOU'RE GOING TO PAY FOR THAT!" Sakura started chasing Tomoyo around, while Tomoyo? Well, she just ran like her life depended on it, actually it did.
Syaoran was just coming out of the room when he saw a psming Sakura chasing a scared and laughing Tomoyo all around the room and out. Walking up to his friends he told them to arrange the appointment and asked what was happening and asked why they were sitting on the floor with popcorn in their hands.
"Well you see when Kinomoto came out Daidouji went straight up to here worried and asked if she was alright and started screaming how worried she was and that she was scared that you raped her…hey, I want some popcorn too, give it back Yasou!" Daisuke whined with a pout.
Sticking out his tongue he said ran away with the popcorn and ended up getting beat up by Daisuke and in the end lost all the popcorn which got him beaten up again.
Coming back grouchy he continued with his explanation. "Anyways like I was saying, Kinomoto got so pist she started screaming back and Daidouji some how got calm, and when she said that Kinomoto was psming well, she got pist and here we are."
"Next time keep it short."
"What ever you say boss man."
"Sakura!" Syaoran screamed getting annoyed of the fact that they were stilling playing mouse and cat for the past half an hour.
Hearing someone scream at her, Sakura turned around to see Syaoran was there and immediately stopped. "What!"
"Stop chasing Daidouji, and get your hippo ass over here!"
"WHAT DID YOU CALL ME!"
"We have no time for this, just get over here now!"
"Fine," grumbling, Sakura came with a sore Tomoyo to see what was so important, not that she cared that over two hundred people were watching but when you have revenge in mind, lets just say its kind of hard to notice anything else.(before they came over Sakura had a little 'talk' with Tomoyo that she would never forget)
Syaoran was back sitting on his chair with his emotionless face on him. "Welcome the newest members to the Shadows, Kinomoto Sakura and Daidouji Tomoyo!"
Cheer and hoots could be heard across the room as the girls were introduced. Tomoyo headed towards Eriol and sat on his legs straddling him, while Sakura took the empty seat next to them.
"Now as you all know there is a something that must be done after every test or initiation."
Everyone in the room nodded their head and a couple of yeas could be heard through the room.
"What exactly is this something that we have to do?" Sakura asked with a raised eyebrow look at him suspiciously.
"Well basically…Eriol I suggest you stop playing with your girlfriend and save that for another time." Syaoran cold voice rang through the room causing everyone in a 50 mile radius to shiver.
Nodding, Eriol immediately stopped and faced him with a red faced Tomoyo still in his lap.
"Well as I was saying before I was rudely interrupted, you basically need to get a mate."
"A WHAT!"
"A mate, why, do you have a problem with that?"
Growling, she replied," Actually I do. Why do we need one anyways?"
"Well, for one, your tattoo."
"What about our tattoo?"
"Well when a female joins, she must have a mate to match her tattoo with; everyone's is different in a slight way but is still the same."
Growling Sakura asked, "Are you fuckin serious about this?" Man, what the fuck, I aint getting no mate, I don't care, Tomoyo got in anyways there's no point in me stayin I don't care if those bitch ass kitties attack me, they'll regret ever messing with Kinomoto Sakura.
"Actually no, but it sure was funny seeing your expression on your face." Sakura inwardly growled seeing that smirk on his face, oh what she would give to remove that smug look on his face.
A couple of laughs could be heard through the room but most of them shut up when they saw the look in Sakura's eyes.
"OK, anyways in a couple of days you both will receive your tattoos, well that's about it for today, everyone dismissed."
Everyone started leaving, the room slowly empting leaving the ten twelve alone. Choosing that she didn't want to stay around these people for any longer than she had to, she slowly rose from her chair and left leaving the rest alone. Choosing to follow in her footsteps, everyone else left to their own businesses.
Sakura was walking along trying to calm herself from blowing something up when all of a sudden the girls came up to her.
"Hey Sakura!" Chiharu yelled with the rest of the girls behind her.
"Sorry about that in there, its just it's kind of a tradition to do that, don't worry that happens every time, though Tomoyo here got lucky." Rika said pointing over to Tomoyo.
"Hey what are ya pointing at me for? I didn't do anything." Tomoyo said with her hands on her hips.
"That's the point my dear, that's the point." Chiharu said.
Tomoyo pouted at that reply which earned some giggles from the girls.
"Well anyways we thought that you would want something to do to relieve stress, so we being great friends decided to take you somewhere to do just that."
"Now where would this be exactly?" she asked raising an eyebrow.
"You'll see, now c'mon, and I guarantee that you'll enjoy this." Tomyo said while sharing a look with the others.
Letting herself get dragged along, she waited to see what kind of place this would be, hopefully it would help, a lot.
Sakura was fully enjoying herself at this place; they had music, food, and the best thing of al, guns.
They were at their private shooting range. This was where everyone basically practiced and trained. There were a couple of other people there besides them but that didn't stop them from having fun now did it? Hell no.
"C'mon Sakura!"
"Coming!"
Sakura joined her friends and pulled out a two guns from their holsters.
"Ready girls?" Sakura asked with a smirk.
"HAI!"
"Let's go!"
A/N: So? Did you guys like it? I hope you did, and I'm sorry for the late update, and when I reposted Ch1 I had to make a minor adjustment,whichi did to the other chaptersas well,but its very minor.I kinda messed up on them whichI'm very sorryfor,but the good thing is that its nothing that will really affect the story..When my mom said that she would well cut the internet I almost died, but she put in back up after a week I think but I still had a promise to complete so I kinda had to delay the update, no matter how much I wanted to post it. This is my longest one yet, which I'm really proud of, but I still think I should have continued it abit more for you guys. thanks for waiting everyone and i would like to give out my thanks to everone who read and reviewed my story, i didnt think that people would like it but i guess you guys did, which im very grateful for and i would also like to say THANK YOU!and please r&r! I finally figured out what that meant XP
